Phonograph record cleaner



Sept. 15, 1942. w. McKl 2,295,798

PHONOGRAPH RECORD CLEANER Filed Sept. 18, 1941 1 v W ML "'M "1''" MW]Fig.5. 2! Wmmmmnmnnwmmnnnmmmm-mm v INVENTOR. William 016211229 PatentedSept. 15, 1942 umTEp s'r-Aras PATENT o FicaY mmsiiiiimm' WilliamMcKinley, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application September 18, 1941, serial No.411,295 2 Claims. (o 15-246) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in phonograph record cleaners.

The invention proposes a cleaner of particularly simpleconstruction'adapted to be readily mounted on the tone arm of ahonograph to clean the record during the operation thereof.

The invention further contemplates a novel method of packaging thephonograph cleaner so that it is protected and so that a certain tapeused in the packaging may be used to properly support the cleaner on thetone arm.

Still further the invention contemplates characterizing the recordcleaner by a brush or pad having a back provided with a stamped out lugdirected upwards and forward in relation to the forward motion of aphonograph record. and a tape engaging the lug by which the brush or padmay be supported on the tone arm of the phonograph.

insofar as the cleaner package is concerned it is proposed to encirclethe brush or pad with a protective strip wound around it, and to providea tape ior holding said strip in position, which tape may be removedand" then used to support the pad or brush upon the tone arm of thephonograph.

For further comprehension of the invention, and oi the objects andadvantages thereof, refer ence will he had to the following descriptionand accompanying dra, and to the appended claims in which the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompa. drawing forming a material part of this disclosure- Fig.1 is a perspective view of a phonograph with a record cleanerconstructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view oi a portion of Fig. 1 showinga portion of the phonograph and the record cleaner.

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of Fig. 2 looking from the left handside.

Fig. d is a perspective view of the record cleaner per se.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the protective strip used in packagingthe record cleaner.

m. 6 is a perspective view of the adhesive tape strip.

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Fig. '8 is a perspective view of the packaged 5o record cleaner.

Fig. 8 1s a plan view of a record cleaner constructed in accordance witha modified form of this invention.

his. 9 is an elevational view similar to Fig. 2

but illustrating the record cleaner shown in Fig.

8,inuse.

The phonograph cleaner, in accordance with.

opening it is feed in the back it through which the haching element Mofthe brush or pad is exposed;

The brush or pad 69. in accordance with this invention, is mounted in acertain way on a phonograph. This may be understood by an inspection ofFigs. lie 3 in which a radio phonograph i6 is illustrated and includesthe usual turn table it upon which the record It is placed. The usualtone arm as is adapted to extend across one side of the record. The toneam it? has the needle is which engages the record. A strip of tape M isengaged beneath the stamped out lug i2 and has its ends adhesivelyconnected with the sides of the tone arm by which the record-cleaner issupported in operative position.

The tape it may be mounted a little upwards .or a little downwards, asdesired, so that the,

record cleaner it rests by its own weight on the record id. The recordcleaner id is so positioned upon the tape 2!! that the lug i2 isdirected upwards in relation to the iorward rotation of the phonographrecord it. With this arrangement the rotations oi the phonograph recordit has a tendency to force the record cleaner forwards and so insure theproper engagement of the lug it with the tapciii.

A novel method and means is proposed for packaging the record cleaner.This means includes a strip at cardboard 22 or other flexible materialadapted to he wound around the sides of the package or pad forming therecord cleaner, in such a way that its ends 22 overlap, see Fig. 1. Thestrip 22 is of a sufficient width so as to prop-, erly protect the topand bottom faces of the record cleaner. A tape 2| of adhesive materialis wound around the strip 22 for holding the same in its wound conditionupon the record cleaner. The tape 2 l may be wound one or more timesaround the strip 22 so that when itis removed there is a sufllcientamount of unused tape which may he used to mount the record cleaner onthe tone arm of the phonograph, as shown in Figs. 1 to- 3.

Itis proposed that the record cleaner and the packaging strips 22 andtape 23 be colored to match the finish of the phonograph. For example,it the phonograph is finished in red it is proposed that the recordcleaner and packaging strips be similarly colored.

In Figs. 8 and 9 a modified form of the invention has been disclosedwhich is very similar to the prior form, distinguishing merely in. thefact that the record cleaner has a small ing i2 stamped from the lug i2and directed in the opposite direction to that of the lug it. Thissmaller lug It." extends upwards and may be utilized in supporting therecord cleaner on the tone am it, as clearly shown in Fig. 9. Theadvantage of having the two lugs 82 and it resides in the fact that thenthere is a selection of lugs under which the supporting tape 25 may beengaged so as to eiiectively support the record cleaner on the tone armso that it properly engages the record during its operation. In otherrespects this form of the invention is identical to the previous formand like parts are indicated by like reference numerals.

coming within the scope of the invention as de in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A phonograph record cleaner, comprising a wiping member having a backprovided with a stamped out lug directed upwards and forwards inrelation to the forward rotation. of a phonograph record, and a tapeslipped under said lug and adapted to be attached at its ends on thetone arm of a phonograph.

2. A phonograph record cleaner, comprising a wiping member having a backprovided with a stamped out lug directed upwards and forwards inrelation to the forward rotation of a phonograph record, and a tapeslipped under said lug and adapted to be attached at its ends on thetone arm of a phonograph, said tape being adhe-- sive tape.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

